Apparatus for feeding fuel to furnaces.



E. WILLIAMS.

APPARATUS FOR FEEDING FUEL TO FURNACES.

Inventor Attorneys EDWARD WILLIAMS, OF OLIIEY, TEXAS.

APPARATUS FOR FEEDING FUEL TO FURNACES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

Application filed March 19, 1914. Serial No. 825,885.

' To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, EDWARD WmLIAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olney, in the county of Young and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Feeding Fuel to Furnaces, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for feeding fuel to furnaces and more particularly to an apparatus 'for feeding cotton bolls and burs such as are obtained while ginning cotton, so that the same may be utilized in the capacity of fuel.

A further' object is to provide a hopper with a discharge tube leading therefrom which may be secured to the door of a furnace, thus allowing the furnace to be uti-, lized for the burning of the burs, in connection with the ordinary fuel orindependent thereof.

A further object is to provide a fuel feeding apparatus for furnaces which may be ad ustably secured to the door thereof and will require only slight changes. in the door in order that it may be applied thereto.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specification and forming a part thereof, the preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated, in which Figure-1 is a sectional view of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation thereof and disclosing a portion of the furnace door to which it is attached.

openin provides for the feeding of the cot- Referring to the drawings in which simi:

lar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 3 represents a conventional typeof furnace door which is equipped with the hinges 4 and is provided with the opening 5 extending through the center thereof and which ton bo 1s and burs to the fire box.

A hopper 6 is rigidly secured to the elbow 7, the latter being the terminal end of the feed pipe 8. The feed pipe 8 is provided with four outstanding brackets 9, each of which is provided with radially extending slots 10. The brackets 9 are located adjacent the forward extremity of the feed pipe 8 and hold the same to the furnace door 3. With this in view, the door is provided with the outstanding bolts 11 which extend through the slots 10 of the brackets and upon which bolts are mounted the securing nuts 12, there being two of the said nuts positioned upon each bolt whereby the rackets are clamped therebetween, allowing the feed pipe to be adjusted at various angles with relation to the door, or to advance or retract with respect thereto.

In order to support the outer extremity of the feed pipe, the tripod 13 is provided and which includes the three legs 14 hingedly secured to the pipe upon its underside and which legs by spreading apart or drawing together, allow the outer extremity of the feed pipe to be lowered or raised. In this manner, suitable provision is had preventing excessive weight being brought to bear upon the bolts 11 which project from the furnace door. The furnace door 3 is provided with the opening 15 extending therethrough and which is normally closed by the shutter 16. The shutter and opening allows the interior of the fire box to be examined Without requiring the entire furnace door to be opened,

with the consequent cooling of the furnace in which consists of bolls and burs of cotton and allied materials obtained .during the ginning process. An injecting nozzle 18 extends through an opening 19 formed in the rear wall of the elbow 7 and the said nozzle p'rojectsapproximately longitudinally of the feed pipe 8, so that as the steam or air escapes from the nozzle it will carry the bolls and cotton burs therewith,.forcing the same through the feed pipe and projecting the same with some little velocity into the fire box, providing for the rapid and effective consumption of the same. The nozzle 18 is carried by the pipe 20 which latter has the controlling valve 21 disposed therein and by means of which the quantity of fuel delivered to the fire box may be nicely regulated. The nozzle 18' is secured upon a horizontal pipe 22 as illustrated in Fig. 2, by means of which it may be withdrawn from the feed pipe 8 by rotating the pipe 22 at its elbow about a vertical axis.throu,. ;h-

a slight arc and with the nozzle withdrawn from the feed pipe, the furnace door 3 may be opened, it being noted however that the sure is had in the pipe 20 to insure the proper feeding of the burs and bolls to the feed pipe by means of the nozzle 18, the said nozzle is positioned within the feed pipe and the valve 21 gradually opened. The nozzle may deliver either air or steam through the feed pipe to thus forcibly eject the bolls and bursfrom the feed pipe to the fire box, to thus effect their rapid consumption, and at the same time to utilize the heat resulting from such combustion.

Having thus fully described my invention,

door, a conduit connected thereto and discharging therethrough, and a hopper opening into the outer end of the conduit, there being an opening in the outer end of the conduit and below the hopper, of a gas supply pipe fixedly mounted beyond the hinge side of the door, a nozzle movable into and out of the opening in the conduit and normally in line with the longitudinal center of the conduit, a pipe connected to the nozzle and swiveled upon the gas supply pipe, said pipe constituting a support for the nozzle, and angularly adjustable supports connected to the conduit and below the hopper for supporting the hopper and its contents.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

R. SHUFFLER, D. F. MCQUINN. 

